Full Circle
New Holland Brewing Company

 

I’ve had this beer occasionally for some time. Finally realized I needed to drop a review!
Inoffensive, if not necessarily exciting. Pours clear, with a light hop and a sweet finish. I think of this as an easy-drinking summer beer, perhaps more Kolsch-adjacent than anything ‘authentic’.

This review is based on how this beer relates to a Kölsch. Poured from a can into a glass roughly. Light pale gold color, a bit lighter and brighter than a true Kölsch. But very clear. Lots of carbonation but that dissipates quickly. Aroma is toasty and grainy, and a little malty. Mouthfeel is light and thin. But it’s crisp. Taste tracks nearly identically to the true style though it’s softer and smooth, not spicy. I feel like it’s a pretty authentic representation for the Cologne brew. Pröst!

Gold in color with a heavy amount of carbonation bubbles erupting from within. There’s a quarter inch of off white on top. Heavy Brussels lacing on my glass.The aroma is of pale grains and a hint of lime. I’m tasting pale grains and light crackery malt. The mouth is very crisp and approachable.

 

Poured from a can into a beer glass. Pale straw color, almost translucent, the fizzy head dissipated quickly.
Taste is of minimally toasted barley malt, body not very substantial.
There is a bit of residual hops off-sweet bitterness and tang on the tongue after the mild fizzy bite dissipates.
A fairly refreshing finish the makes the experience enjoyable.

 

 

Brewed on 2/13/23. Out of a 12 ounce can, on to the beer:

What initially forms as a bone white two finger's thick head dissolves into a short soapy lacing on top a golden rod colored beer. A few squirts of visible bubbles rise from bottom to top. Soft aroma, attractive in the warmer month as I am in drinking this beer. It smells like a kölsch; grass-like with vague fruitiness. Nothing great nor underwhelming.

The taste brings more to the plate than I was expecting. Light-medium bodied, heavier per style, and producing soft waves of flavor. It's a kölsch, but with a few tiny flaws which keep Full Circle from going to the next level. It's not as crisp and feels more slick to my liking, and the bitterness seems to take on an accent of aluminum. Still, they're tiny flaws in the whole scheme, and the overall picture is a beer which I would be satisfied to put down several of.

 

 

 

great beer in the kolsch style - refreshing great all day beer

They must be making this again as a shipment arrived where I work. Overall I found this decently tasting and refreshing. A decent example of the style.

This is definitely slightly better out of the keg